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Last change on this file since 892 was 888, checked in by Gregg Young, 18 years ago

runemf2 now quotes executable strings if needed (Ticket 180); it also reports where it was called from on errors

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33.09(pre)
4 o Make WPURLDEFAULTSETTINGS the fall back for ftp/httprun (Gregg)
5 o Update CopyPresParams to copy all types of pres parameters (Gregg)
6 o Add "Save as" menu item to internal viewer (Gregg)
7 o Eliminate deletion of ext path if it was not valid on startup
8 allow saving of a currently not valid ext path with warning (Gregg)
9 o Internal editor now handles readonly files (Gregg)
10 o Correct hex edit buffer sizing to avoid data loss (Steven)
11 o Use CopyPresParams to fix presparam inconsistencies in menus (Gregg)
12 o Correct variable cast to fix hex code display problem (Gregg)
13
143.08
15 o Cancel in walk directories dialog now directly closes dialog even if
16 directory path text has changed (Gregg)
17 o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
18 o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
19 o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
20 o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
21 o Make directory now always lists current directory (not subdirectories)
22 on status line (Gregg)
23 o Use thousands separator from default COUNTRYINFO (Gregg, Steven)
24 o Add support for files over 4GiB (Gregg, Steven)
25 o Rework filemask logic to match last extension and allow for better
26 string matching (Gregg)
27 o Use 4096 byte buffers to protect against NFTS driver small read defect (Steven)
28
293.07
30 o Tweak build process (Steven)
31 o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
32 o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
33 o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
34 o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
35 o Speed up Dup find code. (Gregg)
36 o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
37 o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
38 o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
39 o Added BldFullPathName cleaned up comp dirs code fix right left misalignment(Steven)
40 o Added BldQuotedFileName and BldQuotedFullPathName to streamline code. (Steven, Gregg)
41 o Increased limit on Subject EA to 1024 from 40. (Gregg)
42 o Corrected dir sizes accel key to ctrl + z. (Gregg)
43 o Fixed addition of ff in Hex notation by archiver editor. (John)
44 o Updated build instructions on FM/2 Wiki. (David)
45 o Dir sizes correct some sizing and positioning issues. (Steve)
46 o Removed error message in eas.c which caused seek and scan for text including eas to fail on
47 read only files. (Gregg)
48 o Fixed unnecessary menu item removal when FM/2 is run as the WPS.(Gregg)
49 o Fixed the restore of the settings under "Include in details view" on the "DirView"
50 tab of the configuration notebook, Ticket 118/71 (John)
51 o Subject column can be moved to left side of split bar in directory container
52 and/or sized which will truncate long subjects (Gregg)
53 o Avoid can not set fm3.ini read-only failure - DosSetPathInfo (Steven)
54 o Avoid exception when exiting File/Directory Object Information dialog (Steven)
55 o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
56 o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
57 absent with wrapped tex and hex
58 o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
59
603.06
61 o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
62 o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
63 o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
64 o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
65 o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
66 o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
67
683.05.09
69 o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
70 o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
71 o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
72 o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
73 o Rework selective error logging logic
74 o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
75 o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
76 o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
77 o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
78 o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
79 o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
80 o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
81 o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
82 o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
83 o Removed original Readme from distribution package
84
853.05 beta08
86 o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
87 o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
88 o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
89 o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
90 o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
91 o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
92 o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
93 o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
94 o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
95 o Help file updates (Gregg)
96 o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
97 o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
98 o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
99 o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
100 o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
101 o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
102
1033.05beta07
104 o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
105 o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
106 o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
107 o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
108 o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
109 o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
110 o Update documentation (Gregg)
111 o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
112 o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
113
1143.05beta06
115 o Put .. back in walk list - oops
116 o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
117
1183.05beta05
119 o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
120 o NDFS support by Gregg
121 o Default seek and scan to show files
122 o Rework menus
123 o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
124 o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
125 o Association editor fixes by Gregg
126
1273.05beta04
128 o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
129 o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
130 o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
131 o Avoid spurious error popups
132
1333.05beta03
134 o Help file updated by David
135 o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
136 o Toolbars reworked by David
137 o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
138 o More great bitmaps from David
139
1403.05beta02
141 o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
142 o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
143 o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
144
1453.05beta01
146 o More great bitmaps from David
147 o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
148 o Rework some error messages
149 o Add unlock.exe to commands template
150
1513.04
152 o Recover corrupted finger pointer
153 o Allow quick abort of large archive open
154 o Open large archive containers at idle priority
155 o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
156 o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
157 o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
158 o More new icons (thanks David)
159 o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
160
1613.04 pre11:
162 o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
163 o Add compare content to Compare Directories
164
1653.04 pre10:
166 o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
167 o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
168
1693.04 pre9:
170 o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
171
1723.04 pre8:
173 o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
174 o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
175
1763.04 pre7:
177 o More archiver.bb2 template rework
178 o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
179 o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
180 o Minor makefile corrections
181
1823.04 pre6:
183 o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
184
1853.04 pre5:
186 o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
187 o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
188 o Disable menus for not ready volumes
189 o Correct missing collector view button window updates
190 o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
191
1923.04 pre4:
193 o Correct longnames display enable
194 o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
195 o Support archiver.tmp install
196
1973.04 pre3:
198 o Support jfsopt.cmd install
199 o Support tarlist.cmd install
200 o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
201 o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
202
2033.04 pre2:
204 o More icon updates (David's v18)
205 o Avoid user directory edit crash
206 o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
207
2083.04 pre1:
209 o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
210 o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
211 o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
212 o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
213 o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
214 o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
215
2163.03:
217 o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
218 o Correct directory sizes sort
219 o Correct archive sort again
220
2213.02i:
222 o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
223 o Lots of work on large file support
224 o Switch to VAC 3.65
225 o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
226 o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
227 o Correct archive container initial sort setup
228 o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
229 o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
230 o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
231 o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
232 o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
233
2343.02h:
235 o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
236 o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
237 o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
238
2393.02g:
240 o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
241
2423.02f:
243 o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
244 o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
245 Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
246
2473.02e:
248 o More see all files fixes
249 o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
250
2513.02d:
252 o Clean up icon usage
253 o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
254 o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
255 o Rework directory sizes for large drives
256 o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
257 o Correct resource strings
258
2593.02c:
260 o Correct broken assignments
261 o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
262
2633.02b:
264 o Add JFS and FAT32 support
265
2663.02a:
267 o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
268 o Correct archive name display
269
2703.02:
271 o First open source release.
272
2733.01:
274 o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
275
2763.00d:
277 o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
278 closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
279
2803.00c:
281 o More minor bug fixes.
282
2833.00b:
284 o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
285
2863.00:
287 o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
288 code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
289 possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
290 free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
291 files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
292 correspondingly smaller.
293 o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
294 o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
295 a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
296 some more, thus tempting fate.
297 o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
298 o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
299 number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
300 o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
301 except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
302 marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
303 a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
304 width.
305 o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
306 this stuff built-in now.
307 o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
308 o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
309 (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
310 the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
311 o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
312 key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
313 change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
314 confirmation.
315 o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
316 time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
317 and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
318 o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
319
3202.67:
321 o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
322 o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
323 saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
324 CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
325 recall.
326
3272.66:
328 o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
329 make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
330 color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
331 more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
332 you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
333 there's no diskette inserted.)
334 o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
335 exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
336 o Reworked Databar a bit.
337 o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
338 clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
339
3402.65:
341 o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
342 a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
343 o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
344 o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
345 "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
346 o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
347 best stuff was turned off by default!
348 o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
349 suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
350 target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
351 selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
352 an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
353 choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
354 (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
355
3562.64:
357 o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
358 can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
359 horizontal) there.
360 o More help file work.
361 o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
362 as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
363 o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
364 "touching" files easier.
365
3662.63:
367 o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
368 o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
369 that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
370 an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
371 o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
372 separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
373 is available.
374 o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
375 attractive (IMHO).
376 o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
377 o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
378 window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
379 marks.
380 o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
381 versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
382 You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
383 systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
384
3852.62:
386 o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
387
3882.61:
389 o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
390 Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
391 filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
392 window layouts help to show modified layouts.
393 o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
394 o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
395 is bordered in red.
396 o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
397 in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
398 http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
399 I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
400 files.
401
4022.60:
403 o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
404 accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
405 archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
406 be refreshed in the archive.
407 o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
408 and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
409
4102.59:
411 o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
412 newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
413 if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
414
4152.58:
416 o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
417 common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
418 help to reflect this.
419 o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
420 from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
421 automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
422
4232.57:
424 o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
425 nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
426 let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
427
4282.56:
429 o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
430 per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
431
4322.55:
433 o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
434 in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
435
4362.54:
437 o Small tweaks.
438 o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
439 FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
440
4412.53:
442 o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
443 selected files more quickly and easily.
444 o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
445 Netscape were choking on it (a).
446 o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
447 instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
448 MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
449 o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
450
4512.52:
452 o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
453 maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
454 o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
455 listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
456 get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
457 standard, then stick to it? Please?
458 o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
459 like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
460
4612.51:
462 o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
463 small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
464 o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
465 user request.
466 o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
467 user request.
468 o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
469 OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
470 configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
471 nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
472 problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
473 IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
474 on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
475 remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
476 o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
477 spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
478 particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
479 this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
480 the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
481 it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
482 still work correctly with this change.
483 o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
484 VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
485 o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
486 o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
487 available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
488 see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
489 up with all of it.
490
4912.50b:
492 o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
493 image viewer window.
494 o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
495 double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
496
4972.50a:
498 o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
499 viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
500 o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
501 directories listed in environment variables).
502 o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
503 o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
504 registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
505 registration information.
506 o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
507 new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
508 o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
509 popup menu.
510 o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
511 object that didn't already have them (duh).
512 o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
513 activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
514 Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
515 PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
516
5172.50:
518 o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
519 o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
520 viewer.
521 o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
522 user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
523 deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
524 undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
525 to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
526 notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
527 results.
528 o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
529 default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
530 o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
531 too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
532 added file system type to end of string on user request.
533 o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
534 you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
535 It could happen.
536 o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
537 o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
538 the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
539 o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
540 o Note new internet address.
541 o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
542 o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
543 an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
544 SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
545 o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
546 one :-).
547 o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
548 popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
549 o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
550 including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
551 listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
552 multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
553 View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
554 limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
555 o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
556 even notice.
557
5582.49:
559 o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
560 button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
561 font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
562 back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
563 entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
564 o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
565 o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
566 LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
567 code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
568 o Fixed bug in Merge code.
569 o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
570 only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
571 o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
572
5732.48a:
574 o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
575 o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
576 o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
577 o More Merlin preparations.
578 o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
579 o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
580 o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
581 o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
582 copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
583 the Joneses? :-)
584
5852.48:
586 o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
587 with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
588 o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
589 under Merlin.
590 o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
591 Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
592 parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
593 o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
594 an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
595 focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
596 a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
597 for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
598 fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
599 Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
600 MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
601 characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
602 creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
603 the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
604 in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
605 it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
606 WPS) format -- but it's readable.
607 o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
608 different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
609 that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
610 FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
611 machine.
612 o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
613 invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
614 o Keys help added per user request.
615
6162.47:
617 o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
618 o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
619 o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
620 o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
621 o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
622 submenu selected.
623 o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
624 o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
625 o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
626 file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
627 o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
628 Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
629 Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
630 Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
631 are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
632 do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
633 addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
634 caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
635 Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
636 "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
637 normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
638 it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
639 o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
640 Container to change directories.
641 o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
642 questions.
643
6442.46:
645 o Fixed drive button bug.
646 o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
647 "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
648 the real thing.
649
6502.45:
651 o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
652 to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
653 tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
654 o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
655 was closed.
656 o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
657 o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
658 Scan.
659
6602.44:
661 o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
662 o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
663 design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
664 loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
665 replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
666 pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
667 user-defined bitmap.
668 o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
669 their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
670 Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
671 o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
672 for possible later retrieval.
673 o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
674 program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
675 in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
676
6772.43:
678 o Added optional drivebar per user request.
679 o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
680 o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
681 connection, finally).
682 o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
683 or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
684 the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
685 view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
686 an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
687 Directory Container if you need to go that far.
688 o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
689 it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
690 awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
691 it finishes.
692 o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
693 manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
694 under older OS/2 versions.
695 o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
696 printing from the appropriate application, of course.
697 o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
698 to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
699 reminder.
700 o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
701 make the vacated directory's object the current object.
702
7032.42:
704 o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
705 really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
706 for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
707 especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
708 it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
709 o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
710 in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
711 from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
712 flags from the command line as an override.
713 o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
714 if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
715 asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
716 o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
717 (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
718 Directory Container looks.
719 o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
720 and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
721 preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
722 examples).
723 o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
724 Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
725 Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
726 o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
727 drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
728 o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
729 and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
730 instead of the internal).
731 o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
732 o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
733 some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
734 Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
735 to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
736
7372.41:
738 o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
739 which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
740 as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
741 "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
742 o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
743 closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
744 o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
745 attractively.
746 o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
747 o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
748 but not switch to them.
749 o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
750 o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
751 under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
752 is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
753 BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
754 liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
755 since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
756 o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
757 than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
758 (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
759 CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
760 objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
761 in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
762 objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
763 Shouldn't be a major problem.
764 o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
765 know the blamed thing was there.
766 o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
767 edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
768 o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
769 viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
770 are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
771 paragraph. Something I use.
772 o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
773 which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
774 directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
775 o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
776 internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
777 o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
778 o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
779 with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
780 o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
781 Containers.
782 o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
783 o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
784 (some things grow with a life of their own).
785 o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
786 folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
787 to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
788 old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
789
7902.40:
791 o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
792 o Added more optional buttons to main window.
793 o Added %u/%U metastrings.
794 o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
795 viewer.
796 o Added %! metastring.
797 o Added default archiver setting.
798 o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
799 However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
800 within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
801 these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
802 change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
803 language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
804 o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
805 o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
806 o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
807 on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
808 o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
809 o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
810 directories.
811 o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
812 set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
813 o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
814
8152.39:
816 o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
817 MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
818 at FP10+ levels.
819 o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
820 shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
821 o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
822 lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
823 directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
824 the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
825 for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
826 activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
827 focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
828 changed.
829 o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
830
8312.38:
832 o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
833 the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
834 selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
835 etc.).
836 o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
837 filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
838 for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
839 that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
840 attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
841 the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
842 Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
843 can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
844 be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
845 /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
846 show everything else.
847 o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
848 "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
849 o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
850 toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
851 course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
852 o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
853 to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
854 You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
855 starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
856 o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
857 two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
858 foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
859 you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
860 resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
861 foreground.
862
8632.37:
864 o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
865 items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
866 .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
867 a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
868 get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
869 FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
870 o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
871 o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
872 For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
873 o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
874 o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
875 the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
876 the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
877 subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
878 filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
879 changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
880 view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
881 Directory Container.
882
8832.36:
884 o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
885 rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
886 before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
887 o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
888 enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
889 bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
890 o Tutorial section added to online help.
891 o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
892 on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
893 Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
894 stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
895 of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
896 o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
897 o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
898 Settings notebook.
899 o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
900 o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
901 thousandth).
902 o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
903 o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
904 o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
905
9062.35:
907 o Performance tuning.
908 o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
909 o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
910 directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
911 permanent by Adding them as usual.
912 o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
913 ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
914 support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
915 AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
916 o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
917 will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
918 double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
919 bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
920 .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
921 o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
922 when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
923 o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
924
9252.34:
926 o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
927 knee-jerk thing to do).
928 o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
929 the container is maximized.
930 o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
931 o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
932 o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
933 o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
934 interested).
935 o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
936 enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
937 o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
938 human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
939 "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
940 previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
941 settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
942 o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
943 o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
944 o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
945 o Height of autoview window can be changed.
946 o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
947 o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
948 o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
949 whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
950
9512.33:
952 o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
953 than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
954 internal Settings notebook).
955 o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
956 o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
957 o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
958 o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
959 hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
960 of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
961 o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
962 While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
963 one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
964 itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
965 o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
966 o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
967 o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
968 the keys are entered within one second of each other.
969 o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
970
9712.32:
972 o See all files window fleshed out.
973 o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
974 "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
975 notebook.
976 o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
977 o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
978 clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
979 turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
980 of course).
981 o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
982 o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
983 o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
984 o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
985 objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
986 mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
987 o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
988 the list.
989
9902.31:
991 o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
992 miniapp.
993 o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
994 o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
995 to the above).
996 o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
997 o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
998 now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
999 o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
1000 o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
1001 the archive resides."
1002 o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
1003 o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
1004 much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
1005 limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
1006 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
1007 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
1008 o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
1009 o More user suggestions implemented.
1010
10112.30:
1012 o I forget.
1013
10142.29:
1015 o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
1016 o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
1017 drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
1018 o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
1019 o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
1020 list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
1021 o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
1022 drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
1023 available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
1024 o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
1025 o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
1026 o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
1027 Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
1028 list).
1029
10302.28:
1031 o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
1032 (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
1033 dialog).
1034 o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
1035 drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
1036 current object.
1037 o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
1038 -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
1039 absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
1040 o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
1041 existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
1042 exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
1043 the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
1044 userlist dropdown.
1045 o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
1046 use a DOS app first...
1047
10482.27:
1049 o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
1050 This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
1051 default, BTW).
1052 o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
1053 filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
1054 weren't before).
1055 o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
1056 manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
1057 Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
1058 lines.
1059 o Made notification window look more homogenous.
1060
10612.26:
1062 o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
1063 filenames.
1064 o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
1065 remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
1066 bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
1067 now on...
1068 o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
1069 menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
1070 o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
1071 thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
1072 o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
1073 client window whitespace.
1074 o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
1075 Edit menu.
1076 o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
1077 viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
1078 accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
1079 o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
1080 command.
1081 o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
1082 o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
1083 default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
1084
10852.25:
1086 o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
1087 o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
1088
10892.24:
1090 o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
1091 consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
1092 lives.
1093 o Undelete enhancements.
1094
10952.23:
1096 o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
1097 stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
1098 o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
1099 start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
1100 clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
1101 don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
1102
11032.22:
1104 o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
1105 out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
1106 misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
1107 determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
1108 inevitable problem arises.
1109 o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
1110 with same name and/or size and filedate.
1111
11122.21:
1113 o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
1114 Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
1115 FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
1116 causes default WPS open.
1117 o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
1118 online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
1119 together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
1120 o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
1121 viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
1122 o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
1123 o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
1124 toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
1125 o Other stuff I forget.
1126
11272.20:
1128 o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
1129 toolbar off and left it off (duh).
1130 o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
1131 archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
1132 o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
1133 o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
1134 D&D.
1135 o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
1136 masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
1137 Containers.
1138 o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
1139 o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
1140 selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
1141 Containers. Powerful stuff.
1142 o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
1143 o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
1144 o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
1145 to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
1146 o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
1147 generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
1148 it (again).
1149
11502.19:
1151 o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
1152 alternative to maximizing.
1153 o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
1154 registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
1155 windows.
1156 o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
1157 shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
1158 o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
1159 along.
1160 o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
1161 executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
1162 for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
1163 o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
1164 page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
1165 (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
1166 to return to from the maximized state).
1167
11682.18:
1169 o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
1170 Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
1171 English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
1172 subject to change by IBM, so beware.
1173 o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
1174 PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
1175 o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
1176
11772.17:
1178 o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
1179 o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
1180 Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
1181 Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
1182 o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
1183 o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
1184
11852.16:
1186 o Added "Update objects" command.
1187 o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
1188 one (under "Context Menus").
1189 o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
1190 new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
1191 "Toolbar->Add Tool."
1192 o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
1193 -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
1194 deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
1195 the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
1196 start working again.
1197
11982.15:
1199 o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
1200 o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
1201 o Added "Select List" command.
1202 o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
1203 "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
1204 changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
1205 less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
1206 it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
1207 I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
1208 I'm just the piano player.
1209 o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
1210 forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
1211
12122.14:
1213 o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
1214 it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
1215 when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
1216 accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
1217 FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
1218 removable media drives.
1219 o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
1220 clicking on an empty diskette drive).
1221 o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
1222 creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
1223 update the paths.
1224 o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
1225 o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
1226 o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
1227 o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
1228 o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
1229 file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
1230 change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
1231 o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
1232 figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
1233 to my satisfaction).
1234
12352.13:
1236 o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
1237 the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
1238 o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
1239 from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
1240 notebook.
1241 o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
1242 to use HPFS...).
1243 o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
1244 o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
1245 maybe a bit more functional.
1246 o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
1247
12482.12:
1249 o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
1250 "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
1251 o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
1252 o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
1253 accelerator keys.
1254 o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
1255
12562.11:
1257 o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
1258 o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
1259 give funny default drive.
1260 o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
1261 data between different INI files.
1262 o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
1263 from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
1264 There's a menu item for it.
1265 o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
1266 with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
1267 o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
1268
12692.10:
1270 o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
1271 o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
1272 o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
1273 o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
1274 o Added a couple more Settings pages.
1275 o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
1276 o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
1277
12782.09:
1279 o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
1280 focus when it comes up. Duh.
1281 o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
1282 Profiles" to the INI viewer.
1283 o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
1284 o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
1285 to trap.
1286 o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
1287 Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
1288 what Ron says...
1289 o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
1290 o Added optional split status line.
1291
12922.08:
1293 o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
1294 o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
1295 causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
1296 DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
1297 dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
1298 you can pick a different drive).
1299 o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
1300 operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
1301 o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
1302 o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
1303 line argument.
1304
13052.07:
1306 o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
1307 o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
1308 o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
1309 that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
1310 and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
1311 other.
1312
13132.06:
1314 o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
1315 removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
1316 o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
1317 root drives from being found.
1318 o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
1319 of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
1320 appearance (grouping of buttons).
1321 o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
1322 have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
1323 Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
1324
1325[lazy bum skipped a few...]
1326
13272.00:
1328 o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
1329 things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
1330 Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
1331
1332$Id: HISTORY 888 2007-12-22 22:02:11Z gyoung $
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